Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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| Our Adult Total Immersion Program |
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- This is a tailored program designed to develop conversational fluency in the shortest time possible meeting the language needs of individuals regardless of their personal, study or professional interest .
- Our Total Immersion program offers 10 different Spanish levels from beginning to advanced, including the Native Spanish Speaker program.
If a student new to the school is tested with an ability level falling between 2 levels, Instituto Chac-Mool offers private Spanish instruction free of charge for 80 minute sessions (at the Director's discretion) to bring that student up to the next level.
- Class orientation and placement testing will be given first thing on Monday morning. All students will be grouped by Spanish ability based on a brief written, auditory and oral placement test. Students will then be placed into the appropriate group of no more than 5 students.
- Our courses begin every Monday throughout the year (ask about mid-week starts, outside of summer months). Students may want to study Spanish for as short as one week or as long as six months.
- Students will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of their course. College credit is also available for any number of weeks of study.
At Instituto Chac Mool we have come to realize that you can stay in a
nice house and attend a beautiful school without ever learning how many
people in Mexico really live. We feel a strong connection with the Cuernavaca
community and try to provide each and every student with the opportunity
to work with us in giving back. We organize volunteer opportunities to places such as
clinics, nursing
homes, rehabilitation centers, and orphanages for any student who wants to help.
We are especially dedicated to one particular orphanage and plan
a trip to assist them at least once a month. Interested students and staff go for a half day to
cook, clean, help with homework, and most importantly, interact with the
children. Check out the Christmas Posada for the orphans photos in our Foto Galeria.
The important social, economic and cultural development of the majority of Spanish speaking countries, together with their continuing population growth, has led to
an important and Hispanic presence in non-Hispanic countries. As a result, more and more professionals in such countries need to able to respond to the various
cultural backgrounds of their clients. Conscious of this necessity, we offer an exclusive immersion program for CEO’s, executives, business professionals, diplomats
and other professionals in general. ICM combines the excellence of an academic course with a program uniquely designed for each participant. The flexibility and
effectiveness of our program allows our students to advance rapidly in areas specific to professional communication and communication on a daily basis.
According to Stephen Krashen's
Theory of Second Language Acquisition,
"language acquisition does not require extensive use of conscious grammatical rules, and does not require tedious drill". All of the instructors at
Instituto Chac-Mool have been extensively trained in the theories developed by Krashen,
and that of the Gardner's Theory of Seven Intelligences.
Gardner's Theory of Seven Intelligences states that everyone is born possessing the seven intelligences. Nevertheless, all students will come into the class
with different sets of developed intelligences. Instituto Chac-Mool instructors are trained to determine each individuals primary set of intelligences, in other words,
how each student will best learn. This individualized evaluation will allow the teacher to make more informed decisions how to best present information to each student in the group.
Instituto Chac-Mool carefully selects only the most qualified individuals to teach. All instructors have college
degrees and are native speakers. Prior to beginning the six month teacher's training course, applicants are first tested to determine their appropriateness as possible instructors.
At the end of training, instructors are tested again, and only those passing the rigorous test are selected as Chac-Mool instructors.
Volunteer Opportunities The Semi-Private Program
The VIP & Private Spanish Programs
Our Method and Instructors What We Uniquely Offer at ICM
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School Holidays
November 17, 2008* Revolution of 1910 December 25, 2008 Christmas January 1, 2009 New Years Day February 2, 2009 * Constitution Day March 16, 2009 * Benito Juarez Birthday May 1, 2009 Labor Day September 16, 2009 Dia de Independencia November 16, 2009* Revolution of 1910 December 25, 2009 Christmas January 1, 2010 New Years Day
Privada de la Pradera #108 Colonia Pradera
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico 62170
















